02335cam a2200373 i 4500 1934455421 TxAuBib 20250313120000.0 241205s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780393881103 HRD 29.99 0393881105 HRD 29.99 (OCoLC)1475651648 TxAuBib rda Cormack, Raphael. Holy men of the electromagnetic age [BOOK] : a forgotten history of the occult / Raphael Cormack. First edition. New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2025] ©2025. x, 292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-270) and index. "The interwar period was a golden age for the occult. Spiritualists, clairvoyants, fakirs, Theosophists, mind readers, and Jinn summoners all set out to assure the masses that just as newly discovered invisible forces of electricity and magnetism determined the world of science, unseen powers commanded an unknown realm of human potential. Drawing on untapped sources in Arabic in addition to European ones, Raphael Cormack follows two of the most unusual and charismatic figures of this age: Tahra Bey, who took 1920s Paris by storm in the role of a missionary from the mystical East; and Dr. Dahesh, who transformed Western science to create a panreligious faith of his own in Lebanon. Traveling between Paris, New York, and Beirut while guiding esoteric apprenticeships among miracle-working mystics in Egypt and Istanbul, these men reflected the desires and anxieties of a troubled age. As Cormack demonstrates, these forgotten holy men, who embodied the allure of the unexplained in a world of dramatic change, intuitively speak to our unsettling world today.". 20250313. Tʻahra Pēy. Dahesh, Dr., 1909-1984. Occultism History. Spiritualism History. Spiritualists Biography. Fakirs Biography. Europe History 1918-1945. Middle East History.